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[UPDATE: Due to popularity, the deal has been extended throughout August!] Fried food and beer go together: we know it, your old man knows it, the Brits know it, and even the folks down there in Bay Ridge know it.

Reader Allie passed on this great tip about Longbow Pub & Pantry in Bay Ridge which is offering a summer special: every order of fish and chips comes with a pint of any of their 12 draft beers.

The deal lasts through the end of the month August and is good every day, all day long. It’s sort of like a reverse of the pizza-and-a-beer deals we’re all used to (which is no longer available at The Charleston, btw. Sad face).

When the weather’s nice, there’s nothing like heading to a new neighborhood. Or, if you live in Bay Ridge, then it’s awesome when you have a reason for your friends to come to you. Like this weekend, for the art expo, craft show and live music of the Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts. The fest opens tonight with a reception and live jazz, and events (raffles, plant sale too) run through Sunday. The thing’s been going on since 1968, and the folks behind it provide scholarships to help local high-schoolers pursue a college degree in the arts. Here’s the full schedule: Read the rest of this entry »

Bay Ridge isn’t known for an abundance of self-righteous organicists, kids with food allergies invented by their parents or oddly sour New Agers. So the new food co-op they’re planning over there might not be as… interesting as the Park Slope one. Despite all of its nuttiness and petty annoyances, though, we love the PSFC like a batty old aunt with 17 cats, so another one is a grand idea, especially if about 5,000 current Slopers bolt for that one instead. In less than two years’ time, they may be able to. Read the rest of this entry »